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Joani Reid vs Gareth Bacon

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Joani Reid
Joani Reid
Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Joani Reid and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 249 different votes 252 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
26 Aye 46 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
26 Aye 46 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

58.3 %
14 % below average
Rank 585 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
335
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
146
43.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
189
56.4 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

12
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
14
-124.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£199,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£199,569
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
29 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Transport
20 of 29 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Education
33 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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